Dan Shaffer

Biography 

Dan Shaffer joined the RAU in March 2023 as Associate Director of Academic Services, before accepting the permanent Director and Academic Registrar role in July 2023. Dan oversees the professional Academic and Student Services teams to ensure students receive an effective and supportive experience in their studies. He manages the following areas: Academic Quality, Admissions, Enterprise and Employability, Registry, and Student Services.

Dan previously held senior roles across several different universities, as well as 10 years in the UK’s central agency for fair admissions to higher education. This experience provided the rare and direct access to hundreds of universities and colleges, as well as Government departments and agencies, sharing intelligence and steering policies.

Dan is passionate about enhancing equality throughout the applicant and student experience and sees the lifecycle of Academic Services, from application through to graduation and careers, as the ideal overarching support area to embed good practice. Dan’s ambition is to see the Academic Services at RAU make a real change for students’ futures and support them to go out and demonstrate that change across the global land management sector.